Provisioning of e-mail settings for a mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A method for provisioning an e-mail service to a mobile terminal in an e-mail system that uses e-mail addresses, wherein each e-mail address comprises a domain part, the method comprising:
- a) maintaining a list of good setting parameter sets, wherein each good setting parameter set relates to a domain part of an e-mail address;
b) requesting and receiving an e-mail address and a user authentication information from a user of the mobile terminal, wherein the e-mail address comprises a domain part;
c) comparing the domain part of the e-mail address received from the user with domain parts in the list of good setting parameter sets;
d) if a match is found in step c), provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with the setting parameter set that produced the match;
e) if no match is found in step c), requesting and receiving further parameters from the user, the further parameters including at least an address of an e-mail server, and provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with the further parameters;
f) if the provisioning in step e) is successful, using the domain part and the further parameters to generate a new setting parameter set in the list of good setting parameter sets.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for provisioning an e-mail service to a mobile terminal in an e-mail system that uses e-mail addresses comprising a domain part. The apparatus maintains a list of good setting parameter sets versus e-mail domain parts. It receives an e-mail address and user authentication information from a user and compares the domain part of the received address with domain parts in the list of good parameter sets. If a match is found, e-mail service is provisioned with the matching parameter set. If no match is found, the apparatus requests and receives further parameters from the user, including an e-mail server address, and provisions the e-mail service with the further parameters. If the provisioning with the further parameters is successful, the domain part and the further parameters are used to generate a new setting parameter set in the list of good setting parameter sets.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for provisioning an e-mail service to a mobile terminal in an e-mail system that uses e-mail addresses, wherein each e-mail address comprises a domain part, the method comprising:
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a) maintaining a list of good setting parameter sets, wherein each good setting parameter set relates to a domain part of an e-mail address;
b) requesting and receiving an e-mail address and a user authentication information from a user of the mobile terminal, wherein the e-mail address comprises a domain part;
c) comparing the domain part of the e-mail address received from the user with domain parts in the list of good setting parameter sets;
d) if a match is found in step c), provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with the setting parameter set that produced the match;
e) if no match is found in step c), requesting and receiving further parameters from the user, the further parameters including at least an address of an e-mail server, and provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with the further parameters;
f) if the provisioning in step e) is successful, using the domain part and the further parameters to generate a new setting parameter set in the list of good setting parameter sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. An apparatus for provisioning an e-mail service to a mobile terminal in an e-mail system that uses e-mail addresses, wherein each e-mail address comprises a domain part;
the apparatus comprising;
a list of good setting parameter sets, wherein each good setting parameter set relates to a domain part of an e-mail address;
user interface means for requesting and receiving an e-mail address and a user authentication information from a user of the mobile terminal, wherein the e-mail address comprises a domain part;
comparison means for comparing the domain part of the e-mail address received from the user with domain parts in the list of good setting parameter sets and for finding matching setting parameter set;
user interface means for requesting and receiving further parameters from the user if no matching setting parameter set exists, the further parameters including at least an address of an e-mail server, provisioning means coupled to the comparison means for provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with said matching setting parameter set and for provisioning the e-mail service to the mobile terminal with the further parameters if no matching setting parameter set exists;
setting generation means for generating a new setting parameter set in the list of good setting parameter sets based on the domain part and the further parameters, if said provisioning with the further parameters is successful.
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